What A UK Barn Find - 5 Cars, 1 Find! Join Us As We Go Exploring
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- We are so grateful to the people involved in the sale of these cars for contacting us and asking us to film. It was a mad dash to capture them on video, before they saw daylight, but worth every single minute!
These cars will be for sale at Anglia Car Auctions - angliacaraucti... - and we'll update this description with links as soon as they go live.
In one barn find, you'll see the following cars, all stored for decades:
1929 Austin 7
1937 Austin 10
1938 Fiat 500 Topolino
1946 Triumph Roadster
1958 Austin A35
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Thanks to the way these cars were stored, they have survived incredibly well, all just rolled out easily.
As for value, the Triumph roadster is the highest, followed by the Fiat. Value aside, I would love to have the A35, even though it is in the worst shape & least valuable of all, I just love these cute little cars 😁
Can't wait for the follow up show. The triumpht roadster is a beauty
The lovely little cars I couldn't pick between them what a great find
Excellent video! You did a great job under marginal conditions. I would take any one of them, with the Triumph being my favorite. Thanks for being there at the right time.
Thank you. I was very lucky to be contacted and for this to be so local, too. About 30 years ago, I lived about 2 miles from these cars. Small world!
The Triumph 1800 Roadster is the most valuable. It was the last vehicle to be manufactured with a "dickey" seat ( "rumble" seat in the US). Another unusual feature is the column change (unprecedented for an open tourer) is mounted on the right-hand side of the steering wheel.
I believe a 2-litre engine was an option at the time.
Thanks for that. I enjoy learning about cars that wouldn’t usually be on my radar and that Triumph did look like quite some vehicle. It will be interesting to see how much it sells for.
Watching the cars being towed and pushed the gentleman knew how to store them and with the brakes off brilliant like Austin 10 plus the A35 i wish them well with the sell interesting about the toaster mine fires them everywhere 😊
Sounds like you’ve got the prototype toaster that Dick used when he pitched his invention 😂
The memories came flooding back seeing that Triumph Roadster.
Circa 1977 visiting friends who had moved into the village of Freshford Bath. We were walking around the area when peering through a gap in an old wooden garage door, which opened onto the main road was a Triumph Roadster looking just like the one on your video very dusty etc.
We did trace the owner, he was an elderly chap and was happy to sell , but his son was reluctant to do so. A missed opportunity, you can't win them all.
Topolino I believe means small baby, I had a Fiat Panda ( don't laugh) 😊 and I had Topolino written on the rear. It had a double opening canopy roof, two tone Maroon / Black coachwork with alloy wheels with thin line white wall tyres. It looked like a bleeding clowns car. But folk were always taking pics of it 😅 enjoyable video, thank you.
Thanks for that. It made for good reading! I've mentioned plenty of times that I get a real buzz out of the memories the cars we feature stir in people. These cars were a bit before my time, but the condition they were kept in means that there's a good chance they'll be back on the road soon.
Hi from nz 🇳🇿 . . The triumph got me . . . Sooooo nice . . . The Topolino bodies were often used here as hot rod or dragster bodies . . Another great video . . . 👍🏁💐.
Thank you. Those little Topolinos get seen in many guises. I believe a few ended up as stock cars, too.
The A35 would be my choice, I love those little things.
So good to see they were kept in a dry building
The blue one I liked 👍👍Austin 10
The triumph was very nice
And at least you had on old chair to have a sit down Elton 😂😂
As far as barn finds go, it was definitely one of the most civilised. I reckon I could have set up home in there. Bound to have been a bed somewhere. And a toaster 😀
I’ll always have a soft spot for the A35’s, as my grandparents on my mums side both had one.
They look like a great car. Basic, but built to do a job.
@18.22 the brochure shows the post war 'Alligator' front model, the one in the barn is the pre-war with the bonnet opening from either side which had a centre hinge from the radiator cowl to the bulkhead
Great video and what a superb set of cars.
Fun facts about me and an Austin 7. Me... I'm 75 born April 1948. My Dad like many thousands of others was in the Army during WW2. The first 4 years of my life were spent moving from relatives house to another relatives house, we didn't have a house of our own till 1952, we got a new built council house in spring of that year. After he was de-mob'd from the army, Dad had got his job back at BICC (British Insulated Callendars Cables) so, we wern't well off but, I remember we were ok for money. in 1953 Dad bought his first car... He used the last of his bounty from the army and got a 1937 Austin 7, I can't remember what he paid but it was a runner and we had lots of days out to the seaside etc. It was always in need of TLC but Dad enjoyed that and, he kept it until 1958. On one trip to Southport, where you parked on the beach, it got stuck in the soft sand. No problem, he just took the spark plugs out, put it in gear and simply wound it out using the starting handle. The semaphore indicators never worked unless you gave the door pillar a clout on the inside to encourage them to pop out. One thing I will never forget is the seats in that car, they didn't have springs, they had a blow-up tube which zig-zag'd to form a cushion between the seat frame and under the leather cover. Sunday morning job every week was watching Dad repair the latest puncture in those air tubes. It was like repairing a tyre inner tube. He was putting Patches on top of Patches on top of even more Patches. Eventually he got some better cushions from a scrap yard. At 29:10 if you look at the seat back of the passenger seat in that car, you can clearly see the outline of the inflateable tube under the seat cover. Me? I left school and started work on my 15th birthday as an apprentice motor mechanic and worked on lots of cars like those. After about 10 years I moved on to Mech Eng at a higher level but I still remember and love my time working on cars like those. Happy memories🥲.
What a great comment. I love it when we post a video and get both anecdotes and education in the comments section. Claire and I really get a buzz out of that. Cars of this era were never really on my radar, but I’m loving them more with each passing day. Thank you.
Hmmmmm.......well, you've heard my love of Austins and the A30 / A35 in particular, but the pre-bull nose Austin 10 of the late 30s was one I fell in love with when I first saw one. ....and who doesn't love an Austin 7, eh? Especially a late 20s one like that one in that shed.
However, what you don't know about my eclectic tastes is that I am an absolute Triumph nutter! I've been after an 1800 or 2000 Roadster since I watched Bergerac as a kid.....and THAT one, my friend, is a very early example indeed. The Austins - well, the A35 needs some body work (and after that, well, you HAVE to paint it), but its not a basket case and rolls very well, the 7 and 10 largely just need a clean, a sympathetic recommissioning and would then be perfectly suitable to be run with their patina. However, that TRD 1800......wow.
If it were mine, I'd first clean it up and get it running and stopping under its own power. Then I'd assess what needs done and decide whether she could be a rolling restoration or (shudder) a nut-and-bolt one. Personally, if I could get away with a rolling restoration, get her on the road and registered (taxed) and WoFd (MoTd) and enjoy it on the road for a summer before taking her off the road in late autumn to get some of the serious work done over winter, then I would definitely go that road. However, she's never be so far apart that I could not reg and WoF her again come spring.
I'd probably let the car tell me what is most urgent that first year (probably wheel bearings, bushes and anything that cannot be greased or that has a rubber component), then pick the suspension and / or interior the next, the body work the year after that and then get her painted the one after that and so on..... The object of owning a classic - for me at least - is the enjoyment I get from driving it, as I need to be able to remember the love I have for it when it breaks down and / or is off the road for more serious repairs.
I currently have a late January 1979, NZ-assembled, Triumph 2500S M/OD in Pimento red*, a 1974 Triumph Stag MkII M/OD in French blue and a 1977 Mini MkIV with a rather warm 1275 and colour scheme like Paddy Hopkirk's '64 Monte-winning Cooper S. All of them are rolling restorations, but look good enough from 10 feet to wow and / or bring a smile to the face of anyone that sees them.......but I'd trade them all (well, the Stag and the Mini definitely) for an 1800 Roadster! They are just that beautiful in my eyes....
The little Fiat.....hmmm....not so much my cup of tea, but I can sure admire the fact that it is still well-kept enough to be restored and be back on the road one day soon-ish....and if I saw it at a show, I'd definitely go up and see it and chat with the owner about it, because I can appreciate the level of dedication, love, appreciation and fanaticism for a vehicle that they would have.
I think the little green 2-door A30 you have now is better in the bodywork than the 2-door A35 from this collection though.
* The significance of the date she (my 2500S) was assembled, is that here in NZ, the Triumph 2500 series sold so well, that when the UK stopped making them and the Aussie plant closed down, BLMC(NZ) - aka NZMC - bought up all the remaining CKD kits and kept on assembling them until the Nelson plant closed as well at the end of March 1979. My car - an ex-Aus CKD - was first registered for the road on the Monday following the NZMC plant closure and spent the first four years of its life in public service in New Plymouth before being given a regular NZ number plate from the NZ Transport Agency in 1983. Our Prime Minister from 1975-1983 (Robert Muldoon) owned one - a French blue 1978 2500S auto - which he then purchased from the government pool when it came time for the car to be retired from public life. That car is still around too and I have personally driven it about 100km (60 miles) for a photo shoot for NZ Classic Car magazine several years ago. The then-owner was given strict instructions (tongue in cheek) that he was not to sell it to anyone but me, but he did sell it - through an auction house - two years ago and I knew nothing about it until I read about it online. A pity.....
Elton, you need get more into the youtuber world. Get a light with a magnet, but all in all, interesting barn find ! I especially liked the Topolino..such a cute car...
I agree! Sad thing is, I’ve got such lights knocking around in the workshop. I’ll get a ‘grab bag’ together for next time, with all the bits in. Every time I film, we learn something new.
I love the colour of that Fiat. It’s been a year for green cars!
Thanks for the feedback. Genuinely appreciate it 👍🏻
@@UKBarnFindsthe way you go about it anyways, is the reason why I love your channel. I make mistakes myself, on my Instagram (have a "pro" one there), and we are never to old to learn...
Spot on. It’s the learning that makes it fun, as well as the ‘making it work with what you have’. Reminiscent of how we were with cars, back in the day 😀
@@UKBarnFindsI hear you. Your channel are the only car related channel that I subscribe on, its genuine, nice and kind :) Say hi to the mrs, and the no.1 cam operator (sorry Elton, you are no.2 there...)
Haha! I was driving when you posted that and Claire read it to me. It did put a smile on our faces. Thank you 🙏
Fantastic find but really you should have brought help and if you could have pushed one or two into the light it would have been great.
Well GEL. it’s the Triumph for me
@34.12, it's written on the top of the radiator 'no water'
@32.21, The A35 saloon was sold 1956-1959, only the vans carried on until 1968
@9.49, i'd have the A35 to go with it's fellow A35's i've got, looking at the internal door pulls it's a late one 1958/59
I'd have bought the lot just to keep them together.
GEL is an old Bournemouth registration.
You would hope the garages were searched for the missing parts before auction
All the missing parts have been found.
@9.26 yes, an A2S5 Series A35
Restore the topolino they are cool 🐁
I've decided it's the topolino
I loved the colour of it!
Just Googled pop up toaster, and it says American Charles Perkins Strite patented it in 1920. Good story though
patents.google.com/patent/US3956978A/en
Richard George Borley inventor. patent US3956978A. Electric toaster. energise magnet , 0:41
F^^^ me Elton, I was kind of close with the invention. I was going with food mixer. OK not really anything like what it turned out to be but at least it was in the kitchen...haha.
That was not a bad guess at all. To be fair, I’d have never have guessed it.
Triumph or the fiat
Good choices.
Barn find you hav seen... Suspicious you put an bid in .. ..go away.
I know it’s Friday night, but maybe lay off the beer?
Their all in great condition , even the Bergerac Triumph Roadster ..great vid cant wait for the next one.
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
Sounds like the Morecombe & Wise breakfast " stripper" sketch
I nervously searched for that. Phew! 😂
I love watching the car's are amazing thank you and your wife she does a great job keep doing it
The Triumph Roadster has a Bournemouth registration!
Were Triumph Roadsters not made from 1934 to 1940? Maybe I am mistaken.
1946-1949.
There’s a Wiki page about them, here - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Roadster
It’s amazing how many have survived, really, when you consider how few were built.
triumph
Austin!
@37.48 YBJ 984 was registered in East Suffolk April 58-June 58 & according to DVLA it has been untaxed since January 1988
I love all early classics, but my favourite is the triumph roadster! What a sporty number that would've been!! 😊
Love it..
Very cool 😎. What an amazing collection of fairly normal cars, with the exception of the Triumph. Love them all!
I believe the reg GEL 200 is a Dorset Reg, my PE teacher at my secondary school (Dunraven) used to have one of these way back in the mid 60's.
Are you sure you identified the Austin Correctly, or did you just get it out of sequence ?
He invented the fast inflating Doll :)
My farther purchased a new Austin A35 van because we were a family of 5 and the car only had 4 seat plus I believe there was a car tax difference, he then installed a rear seat for my sister and brother whilst I was stuffed in the back between the back of the rear seat and the back door, Should we have been rear ended I would be strawberry jam, all I had was some foam cushions to lay on, OH the joys of being last born
Certainly we’re different times when it came to child safety in cars 😂
Which Austin are you referring to? It’s possible I did. I know I said A7 at one point, having said it correctly the rest of the time. Just a bit of brain fog, with so much going on in my tiny mind 😂 We keep all the mistakes in, as it all adds to the authenticity.
I would take the Topolino all day long. Had 2 when i was 17.
Now 78
@2.33 Austin 10 Cambridge
A35 my first car but do love them all
Austin 7 just edged it 😊
My old granddad had an Austin 7 late 50s early 60s it had only one wiper motor which is mounted externally above the screen and one blade, the windscreen opened outwards for nice days I assume. Nice to see genuine barn finds keep up the great work.
My 1953 Prefect hot rod has a windscreen that opens outwards. It’s bliss, on a nice day 😀
Well done for capturing the story. How unusual that the cars did not have to be dragged out with their wheels locked up. I still think it is a shame that cars like these are just stored away for years and left to decay. I look forward to seeing what money they make!
I know what you mean, but another way to look at it is that there’s every chance none of these would be here today, had they been kept on the road. Usual rust, accident damage, theft and market value may have seen them scrapped (they’d have been worth little at one point). At least, now, they should all be on the road in the next year or so.
@34.11, the bonnet prop goes into the bracket at the front to save it dropping on your head!
I need you with me! 😂
@@UKBarnFinds 😂😂🤣🤣, i'd be there for days
Lovely find .. the Triumph for me.
Wonder if they still have all the reg numbers on them!
I believe they all do.
@@UKBarnFinds So nice to see them with the original registrations....
Thanks another great video
Thank you 🙏
Beautiful find!!!
Thank you. 😀